National Regional Profile: Sutherland Shire (A) - West (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 105157152   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
156
139
168
131
103
Total dwelling unitsno.
519
439
257
293
292
Value of total residential building$m
87.5
108.1
87.4
88.6
96.4
Value of total non-residential building$m
20.8
175.1
14.0
46.5
30.7
Value of total building$m
108.4
283.2
101.3
135.1
127.2
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
2 695
2 698
2 943
2 903
2 982
Other vehiclesno.
1 366
1 474
1 710
1 721
1 626
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
4 061
4 172
4 652
4 624
4 608
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
56 410
57 510
58 718
59 277
60 372
Campervansno.
97
103
97
91
87
Light commercial vehiclesno.
6 144
6 212
6 445
6 624
6 737
Light rigid trucksno.
359
371
401
412
401
Heavy rigid trucksno.
845
874
843
851
736
Articulated trucksno.
73
70
74
91
87
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
27
31
22
25
17
Busesno.
175
168
168
168
178
Motorcyclesno.
1 488
1 575
1 649
1 699
1 815
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
65 618
66 914
68 417
69 238
70 432
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
495
506
520
528
540
Campervansno.
1
1
1
1
1
Light commercial vehiclesno.
54
55
57
59
60
Light rigid trucksno.
3
3
4
4
4
Heavy rigid trucksno.
7
8
7
8
7
Articulated trucksno.
1
1
1
1
1
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
0
0
0
0
0
Busesno.
2
1
1
1
2
Motorcyclesno.
13
14
15
15
16
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
576
589
605
617
630
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
7 447
6 123
5 046
4 211
3 479
Petrol - Unleadedno.
54 676
57 124
59 552
61 027
62 876
Dieselno.
2 889
3 019
3 157
3 308
3 321
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
607
647
661
692
755
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
16.1
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
0
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
0
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
0
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
0
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0